Self Forgetfulness Quotes

20 quotes by 18 authors

Remorse presupposes enough self-forgetfulness to feel the pain ofothers. — Helen Prejean
True humility is more like self-forgetfulness than false modesty. — C.S. Lewis
By means of Invocation, the being awakens, and awakening becomes fullness. By means of balancing, fullness becomes internal wholeness. By virtue of exteriorized attention, internal… — David Truman
The more language is a living operation, the less we are aware of it. Thus it follows from the self-forgetfulness of language that its real… — Hans-Georg Gadamer
To me there is in happiness an element of self-forgetfulness. You lose yourself in something outside yourself when you are happy; just as when you… — Joseph Priestley
Humility is not an exaggeratedly low opinion of yourself. Humility is self-forgetfulness. — Peter Kreeft
But what after all, behind appearance, is the seeming mystery? We can see that it is the Consciousness which had lost itself, returning to itself,… — Sri Aurobindo
Happiness lies in a large measure of self-forgetfulness, either in work . . . or in the love of others. â™¥ — Everett Ruess
Composing gives me great pleasure... there is nothing that surpasses the joy of creation, if only because through it one wins hours of self-forgetfulness, when… — Clara Schumann
Charm is a cunning self-forgetfulness. — Christina Stead
At the bottom of the modern man there is always a great thirst for self-forgetfulness, self-distraction . . . and therefore he turns away from… — Henri Frederic Amiel
the self expands through acts of self forgetfulness. — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
By the experience of active love. Strive to love your neighbour actively and indefatigably. In as far as you advance in love you will grow… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
There is joy in self-forgetfulness. So I try to make the light in others' eyes my sun, the music in others' ears my symphony, the… — Helen Keller
The really wonderful moments of joy in this world are not the moments of self-satisfaction, but self-forgetfulness. Standing on the edge of the Grand Canyon… — John Piper
This is the secret of life: the self lives only by dying, finds its identity (and its happiness) only by self-forgetfulness, self-giving, self-sacrifice, and agape… — Peter Kreeft
For with eyes made clear by many tears, and a heart softened by the tenderest sorrow, she recognized the beauty of her sister's lifeâ€”uneventful, unambitious,… — Louisa May Alcott
Sometimes, it is true, a sense of isolation enfolds me like a cold mist as I sit alone and wait at lifeâ€™s shut gate. Beyond… — Helen Keller
When I write a poem, I go into a state of self-forgetfulness, and something higher takes over; I like to call it my best self. — Ben Okri
Christian giving is to be marked by self-sacrifice and self-forgetfulness, not by self-congratulation. — John Stott

Who Wrote These Self Forgetfulness Quotes

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